Health resource utilization among US veterans with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A comparison before and after video-EEG monitoring

Health resource utilization among US veterans with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A comparison before and after video-EEG monitoring

Highlights • We compared health resource utilization before and after video-EEG monitoring. • Utilization of outpatient visits related to psychogenic seizures was decreased. • Utilization of antiepileptic drugs related to psychogenic seizures was decreased. • Utilization of outpatient visits not rel...

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Published in:Epilepsy research Vol. 114; pp. 114 - 121
Main Authors: Nunez-Wallace, Karen R, Murphey, Dona K, Proto, Daniel, Collins, Robert L, Franks, Romay, Chachere, D. Michael, Chen, David K
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-08-2015
Subjects:
Adult
Age of Onset
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Cost of Illness
Electroencephalography
Female
Health care resource utilization
Health Resources - economics
Health Resources - utilization
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - complications
Middle Aged
Neurology
Prospective Studies
Pseudoseizures
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
Psychophysiologic Disorders - diagnosis
Seizures - diagnosis
Seizures - economics
Seizures - therapy
Socioeconomic Factors
Treatment Outcome
United States
Veterans
Video-EEG monitoring
United States
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
Video-EEG monitoring
Veterans
Pseudoseizures
Health care resource utilization
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Summary:Highlights • We compared health resource utilization before and after video-EEG monitoring. • Utilization of outpatient visits related to psychogenic seizures was decreased. • Utilization of antiepileptic drugs related to psychogenic seizures was decreased. • Utilization of outpatient visits not related to psychogenic seizures was increased. • We observed a trend toward increased utilization of psychiatric outpatient visits.
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ISSN:0920-1211
1872-6844
DOI:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.05.002